Educationhttps://www.blog.google/topics/education/EducationenMon, 18 Sep 2017 21:00:00 +0000https://www.blog.google/topics/educationhttps://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/GfE_Logo_3fkBssr.2e16d0ba.fill-80x80.pngEducationhttps://www.blog.google/topics/education/At New Zealand schools, Chromebooks top the list of learning toolshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/PdzLF/~3/JdXeciOFkws/<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>New Zealand educators are changing their approach to teaching, building personalized learning pathways for every student. Technology plays a key part in this approach. New Zealand has joined the list of countries <a href="https://www.blog.google/topics/education/schools-sweden-have-made-chromebooks-nummer-ett-number-one/">including Sweden</a> and the United States where Chromebooks are the number one device used in schools, according to analysts at<a href="http://www.idc.com/home.jsp"> International Data Corporation</a> (IDC).</p><p>“Chromebooks continue to be a top choice for schools,” says Arunachalam Muthiah, Senior Market Analyst, IDC NZ. “After Chromebooks’ strong performance in 2016, we see a similar trend in the first half of 2017 with Chromebooks gaining a total shipment market share of 46 percent, continuing to hold their position as the number-one selling device in schools across New Zealand.”<br/></p></div></div>
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<div class="rich-text"><p>Technology is transforming education across the globe, and in New Zealand schools are using digital tools to help students learn, in the classroom and beyond. <br/></p><p><a href="https://edu.google.com/intl/en_nz/case-studies/bombay-school/">At Bombay School</a>, located in the rural foothills south of Auckland, students could only get an hour a week of computer access. Bombay School’s principal and board decided on a 1:1 “bring your own device” program with Chromebooks, along with secure device management using a <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B__OTXR_u3RbWW5qdlpuYUVSR3c/view">Chrome Education license</a>.</p><p>Teachers quickly realized that since each student was empowered with a Chromebook, access to learning opportunities increased daily, inspiring students to chart new learning paths. “Technology overcomes constraints,” says Paul Petersen, principal of Bombay School. “If I don’t understand multiplication today, I can learn about it online. I can look for help. I can practice at my own pace, anywhere I am.”</p><p>In 2014 Bombay School seniors collectively scored in the 78th percentile for reading; in 2016, they reached nearly the 90th percentile.</p></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>In the Manaiakalani Community of Learning in East Auckland, some students start school with lower achievement levels than students in other school regions. Manaiakalani chose Chromebooks to support its <a href="http://www.manaiakalani.org/our-story/journey">education program goals</a> and manage budget challenges. By<a href="https://edu.google.co.nz/intl/en_nz/case-studies/pt-england-school/"> bringing Chromebooks</a> to the Manaiakalani schools, “we broke apart the barriers of the 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. school day,” says Dorothy Burt, head of the Manaiakalani Education Program and Digital Learning Coordinator, based at Point England School. Using <a href="https://edu.google.co.nz/intl/en_nz/products/productivity-tools/">G Suite for Education</a> tools on their Chromebooks, students can work with other students, teachers, and parents on their lessons in the classroom, the library, or at home.</p><p>Dorothy says “we’re seeing not only engagement, but actual <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8SYifHbxgxHVGREMzVlU3c4UjQ/view">literacy outcomes improve</a>—it’s made a huge difference to the opportunities students will have in the future.”</p><p>We look forward to supporting more countries and schools as they redefine teaching and make learning even more accessible for every student, anywhere.</p></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/PdzLF/~4/JdXeciOFkws" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Mon, 18 Sep 2017 21:00:00 +0000https://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/education/new-zealand-schools-chromebooks-top-list-learning-tools/EducationChromebooksChromeG SuitearticleAt New Zealand schools, Chromebooks top the list of learning toolsNew Zealand has joined the growing list of countries where Chromebooks are the number one device used in schools.https://www.blog.google/topics/educationhttps://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/PtEngland_1304__DSG1344-X3.2e16d0ba.fill-540x540.jpgGooglehttps://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/education/new-zealand-schools-chromebooks-top-list-learning-tools/Suan YeoHead of Education Australia and New ZealandGoogle for Educationhttps://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/education/new-zealand-schools-chromebooks-top-list-learning-tools/Celebrating International Literacy Dayhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/PdzLF/~3/dTII-PSugH0/<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>UNESCO’s International Literacy Day is a moment to celebrate the magic of reading, and to find solutions that can help the more than 250 million children around the world who lack <a href="http://en.unesco.org/themes/literacy">basic literacy skills</a>. Many of these children are at risk of falling even further behind due to a lack of sufficient reading materials or access to environments that promote learning. For example, in the U.S., each year 43.2 books are published for every 100,000 people, while in India, a country with 22 official languages, <a href="http://prayatna.typepad.com/publishing/2007/09/the-book-publis.html">that number is only 6.3</a>.</p><p>Earlier this year, Google.org announced a <a href="https://www.google.org/closing-the-education-gap/">$50 million commitment</a> to support organizations that are using technology to increase literacy and close the global education gap. As part of this effort, Pratham Books received a grant to accelerate development of their <a href="https://www.google.org/our-work/education/storyweaver/">StoryWeaver</a> platform, which allows anyone to read, write and translate digital stories for free. These translations, as well as the original stories, are openly licensed, meaning they’re available for free for anyone to download, remix and distribute for use in the classroom and beyond.</p><p>Today marks StoryWeaver’s second birthday. When the platform launched in 2015 it featured 800 stories in 24 languages. Since receiving a grant from Google.org, StoryWeaver has grown dramatically to now have 4,600 stories in more than 90 languages and a global readership of 2 million. StoryWeaver also <a href="http://blog.prathambooks.org/2017/09/pratham-books-storyweaver-receives_5.html">recently won</a> the 2017 Library of Congress Literacy Award.</p><p>To celebrate International Literacy Day, during the month of September we’re mobilizing Googlers from Dublin to Singapore to Mountain View to volunteer to translate stories for young readers. Googlers speak more than 70 languages, so we’re hosting hour-long volunteer events (“translate-a-thons”) in our global offices, where Googlers can come together to translate books. </p><p></p></div></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>Earlier this week, Googlers in our Dublin office—itself home to 65+ languages—kicked off our very first translate-a-thon. Xime Daud decided to translate “<a href="https://storyweaver.org.in/stories/18003-gul-en-el-espacio">Gul in Space,"</a> a story about a young girl traveling to the International Space Station, from English into Spanish. Halfway across the world, a Singapore-based Googler, Marv Echipare, also translated “<a href="https://storyweaver.org.in/stories/17912-filipino-tagalog">Gul in Space</a>,” this time into Tagalog. Afterward, he said: “In the Philippines, there is a dichotomy between those who are well off and have access to books, and those on the other side, where you see small rural villages that hardly have access to anything. If technology can bring learning material like these books to them, that’d be great, and the first step is putting it in a language they understand.”</p>Have 20 minutes to spare? Consider authoring, translating, illustrating or reading a story on <a href="https://storyweaver.org.in/">StoryWeaver</a>!</div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/PdzLF/~4/dTII-PSugH0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Fri, 08 Sep 2017 16:00:00 +0000https://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/google-org/celebrating-international-literacy-day/Google.orgEducationarticleCelebrating International Literacy DayDuring the month of September we’re mobilizing Googlers from Dublin to Singapore to Mountain View to volunteer to translate stories for young readers.Googlehttps://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/google-org/celebrating-international-literacy-day/Nick CainGoogle.orghttps://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/google-org/celebrating-international-literacy-day/Bringing digital citizenship into the school curriculumhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/PdzLF/~3/um00JygQpLs/<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>Educators around the world have embraced digital literacy in the classroom, encouraging their students to create and engage on the the internet. They recognize digital literacy as an important future skill for their students, and also understand the importance of teaching kids how to be good digital citizens. And yet, teaching digital citizenship isn’t always straightforward—and can be pretty intimidating—given the many ways in which young people use the internet today.</p><p>This is why we are releasing a free <a href="http://g.co/DigitalCitizenshipCourse">online training course</a> that helps educators equip their students with the foundational skills they need to create a safe and positive experience online. By reading, watching videos, and doing different activities in the Digital Citizenship and Safety Course, they can learn how to integrate digital citizenship and safety activities into their school curriculum.</p><p>The course includes five interactive units: </p><ul><li>Teaching students about internet safety and privacy, including setting strong passwords and privacy settings<br/></li><li>Staying safe on the go by securing your mobile device and avoiding harmful downloads on your smartphone<br/></li><li>Savvy searching, to help students evaluate the credibility of online sources of information<br/></li><li>Staying safe from phishing and other scams<br/></li><li>Managing online reputation, including protecting sensitive information<br/></li></ul></div></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>Upon completion, educators will receive a downloadable Digital Citizenship and Safety Curriculum that they can use to introduce these critical lessons to their students. And teachers who successfully complete the course will receive a Digital Citizenship and Safety Educator recognition badge.</p><p>The online training course is now on the <a href="https://edutrainingcenter.withgoogle.com/training">Google for Education Training Center,</a> and available in 15 languages: Chinese, Danish, English, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Japanese, Malay, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai and Turkish.</p><p>We want to help ensure that today’s young people will become smart and responsible citizens both online and off. This is why we’ve developed programs like <a href="https://beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com/?utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=blog-pr&amp;utm_campaign=digcitcourseblog">Be Internet Awesome</a> and the Online Safety Roadshow that teach kids how to be safe, confident explorers online. But we also recognize that it’s important to partner with educators too, so we really look forward to seeing how the Digital Citizenship and Safety Course will help teachers tackle this important topic in the classroom.</p></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/PdzLF/~4/um00JygQpLs" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Tue, 05 Sep 2017 15:30:00 +0000https://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/education/bringing-digital-citizenship-school-curriculum/EducationarticleBringing digital citizenship into the school curriculumPreparing teachers to equip their students to become responsible digital citizens.Googlehttps://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/education/bringing-digital-citizenship-school-curriculum/Gabriela HadidUser Education and Outreach Program ManagerGoogle Latin Americahttps://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/education/bringing-digital-citizenship-school-curriculum/Funding 75,000 Udacity scholarships to bridge the digital skills gaphttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/PdzLF/~3/Gap3J1VUTAg/<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>Ildiko Fekete is a mother of two from Hungary, who had moved to a small town to raise her family, taking time out from her career as a literature teacher. Earlier this year she applied for and completed an Android scholarship. As a result she has built an eco-footprint app, Greenfeet, and plans to pursue freelance developer work.</p></div></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>Today in Krakow, at <a href="https://developers.google.com/events/gdd-europe/">Google Developer Days - Europe</a>, our biggest European developer event, scholarship recipients like Ildiko will join 2000 other developers from all over Europe to learn about the newest developer technologies and improve their skills.</p><p>Despite this enthusiasm, the growing digital skills gap has lead the <a href="http://eskills-scale.eu/fileadmin/eskills_scale/all_final_deliverables/scale_e-leadership_agenda_final.pdf">EU to predict </a>that half a million ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) jobs will remain unfilled by 2020.</p><p>Last year, along with Bertelsmann and Udacity <a href="https://www.blog.google/topics/google-europe/google-bertelsmann-udacity-digital-skills-android-scholarships/">we offered</a> 10,000 Android developer scholarships to help people like Ildiko reach their goals. We were humbled by the overwhelming demand for these courses, so I’m happy to announce that together with Bertelsmann &amp; Udacity we’ll be offering 75,000 more people the opportunity to benefit from free developer courses.</p><p>Today, we’re opening our 60,000 Scholarships Challenge, for both absolute beginners and for existing programmers, which will include both Android and Web development courses. For more details and to apply, please see: <a href="https://www.udacity.com/google-scholarships">https://www.udacity.com/google-scholarships</a>.</p><p>Later this year, Bertelsmann will also offer an additional 15,000 Scholarships Challenge for beginners and advanced students in the field of data science. We’ll share more details on these in the coming weeks.</p><p>We hope that this initiative will help scholarship recipients get the in-demand skills needed to get a job or advance their career.</p></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/PdzLF/~4/Gap3J1VUTAg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Tue, 05 Sep 2017 09:30:00 +0000https://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/google-europe/funding-udacity-scholarships-digital-skills/Google in EuropeEducationDevelopersdigital skills, udacity, google growth engine, google scholarships, android developer course, android developer trainingarticleFunding 75,000 Udacity scholarships to bridge the digital skills gapTogether with Bertelsmann & Udacity we’ll be offering 75,000 scholarships to developer courses to help Europeans achieve their digital goals.Googlehttps://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/google-europe/funding-udacity-scholarships-digital-skills/Matt Brittin President, EMEAhttps://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/google-europe/funding-udacity-scholarships-digital-skills/Google and 826 Valencia invite you to a “planet ruled by love”http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/PdzLF/~3/2rS3YhoaNH8/<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>In 2015, <a href="http://826valencia.org/">826 Valencia</a>—an organization that helps under-resourced students develop their writing skills—won a <a href="https://impactchallenge.withgoogle.com/bayarea2015/charity/826valencia">Google.org Impact Challenge</a> grant to expand their programs in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood. After receiving the grant, 826 turned to a group of volunteer Googlers to figure out how to use technology to amplify students’ voices. The result was a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS6vO-KOP6w&amp;feature=youtu.be">story about a “planet ruled by love</a>,” written by young students and told through a new medium—virtual reality.</p><p>The Keyword team sat down with two of the Googlers behind the project—Rebecca Sills and Ryan Chen—as well as Lauren Hall, Director of Grants and Evaluation at 826 Valencia.</p></div></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><h3>Keyword: How did everyone get involved in this project?</h3><p><b>Lauren:</b><b> </b>I first walked into 826 Valencia 12 years ago and couldn’t believe what I stumbled upon—it was the perfect wedding of my passions, writing and social justice. I’ve worked there ever since. Technology has changed a lot in the last 12 years, and though 826 will always make books, we’re exploring storytelling mediums that are more technologically relevant for younger generations. So we tapped into Google’s creative brainpower to incorporate technology into our programs and the way our kids tell stories.</p><p><b>Rebecca: </b>The magic of 826 is the simple act of an adult sitting down with a kid to unleash the power of their voice. I wanted to be a part of that magic—and the effort at Google was scrappy from the get-go. I recruited Googlers with different skill sets to get involved and it got mightier and mightier. Our guiding principle was to use Google’s technology to empower students to tell their stories in new ways. And we thought that VR was an exciting way to do that.</p><p><b>Ryan: </b>I wanted to get involved in this project in a way that only Google could, so when Rebecca and team came up with the idea of telling the story using <a href="https://www.tiltbrush.com/">Tilt Brush</a> (a virtual reality app that lets you draw and paint in three-dimensional space), I jumped on it.</p><h3>How did you come up with the “planet ruled by love” idea?</h3><p><b>Lauren: </b>The Google team proposed creating a story in Tilt Brush as a totally new experience for the kids, and our immediate reaction was “what the heck is Tilt Brush?” But the idea had so much energy that it was an emphatic “Yes!” on our end. Leading up to the election in the U.S., we felt a division in the country, in our communities, even on school campuses. Someone suggested that we prompt the kids to write a story about a planet ruled by love, and we immediately went for it. It felt like an antidote to the division and drama around us.</p><h3>How did the kids write the story?</h3><p><b>Rebecca:</b><b> </b>We wanted to honor what already works at 826—helping kids express themselves through writing—and add a new layer. Students worked with volunteer tutors to develop, write and edit their own stories about the planet ruled by love. So many creative ideas came out of that! And then we worked with 826 staff to pull a line from each of the kids' story—homes made of marshmallows, unicorn wolves, and love spread by nice words, to name a few—to make a version that represented all of their visions. From there, we turned the combined story into a 360-degree experience that they could watch in Cardboard.</p><h3>Ryan, what was it like working in Tilt Brush?</h3><p><b>Ryan:</b> Prior to this project, I had been a 3D animator and illustrator working on screens and tablets. With Tilt Brush, you are creating in VR—it’s a cross between drawing and sculpture. When you first do it, you’re like, “OMG this is crazy. I’m inside the drawing.” After the students wrote the story, I drew rough storyboards and thumbnail sketches, then created the color pallet of the planet ruled by love. I wanted viewers to feel like they had one foot in Google world and one foot in another world. Then, I moved into Tilt Brush and created the final scenes. <br/></p></div></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><h3>How has 826’s approach to incorporating technology changed? Will you incorporate VR and AR into storytelling projects in the future?</h3><p><b>Lauren:</b><b> </b>Technology has helped us create a wider audience for students’ stories. For example, we’ve started a program for kids to make their own podcasts. We put them on SoundCloud and the links get tweeted and forwarded, and now thousands of people can hear these students’ voices. But in terms of VR, we’d love to keep exploring—we think of it as a 21st-century version of storytelling. VR allows viewers to experience a story in a way that builds greater empathy, context and understanding.</p><h3>What aspect of the project are you most proud of?</h3><p><b>Rebecca:</b> The moment when the kids first put on their Cardboards and stepped into their imaginary world—it was a definite career high! Most of the kids and their parents were experiencing Cardboard for the first time. We watched as they were transported to a new world, and it was so sweet to see the kids recognize their own voices and contributions.</p><p><b>Lauren: </b>I agree! I loved watching them reach out to touch the homes made of marshmallows and the families spending time together. It was magical.</p></div></div>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/PdzLF/~4/2rS3YhoaNH8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Fri, 25 Aug 2017 17:00:00 +0000https://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/google-org/google-and-826-valencia-invite-you-planet-ruled-love/Google.orgGoogle AR and VREducationarticleGoogle and 826 Valencia invite you to a “planet ruled by love”826 Valencia and Google teamed up to figure out how to use technology to amplify students’ voices. The Keyword team sat down with a few people behind the project.https://www.blog.google/topics/educationhttps://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/826_FINAL_SHOOT_253_RC_170515.2e16d0ba.fill-540x540.jpgGooglehttps://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/google-org/google-and-826-valencia-invite-you-planet-ruled-love/Elisabeth LeoniManaging EditorThe Keywordhttps://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/google-org/google-and-826-valencia-invite-you-planet-ruled-love/Meet the sixth graders who built a potable water dispenserhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/PdzLF/~3/dub0luNEZ0w/<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p><i>Schools in Latin America and around the world are searching for ways to take student impact beyond the classroom. In Mexico, we wanted to explore how teachers and students are using technology to empower a rising generation of innovative changemakers—and this week, we’re sharing some of the stories we found. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?src=typd&amp;q=%23innovarparami">Tune into the hashtag #innovarparami</a> to see how education leaders in Latin America are thinking about innovation.</i></p><p>For Enrique Cordero, a GEG (<a href="https://www.google.com/landing/geg/groups/leaders/">Google Educator Groups</a>) teacher and IT administrator, the only thing better than teaching students is the opportunity to learn from them. He believes that children are innate inventors; educators should help students preserve their natural propensity to imagine—and create—the world as it isn’t yet.</p><p>So he designed a course at the American School of Puebla called “Solving the World’s Problems,” where he asks kids to identify the issues that they see as pressing and challenges them to think up solutions. Field research plays a central role in the course, and during a field trip to a community near the school one day, students heard first-hand accounts about the difficulties that communities face when they lack access to potable water.<br/></p></div></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>Bryan’s definition of innovation is “finding creative ways to help a community solve their problems.” Follow the hashtag #innovarparami to see how other people are defining—and cultivating—innovation.<br/></p></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/PdzLF/~4/li5RqgaZ0sw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Wed, 16 Aug 2017 14:00:00 +0000https://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/education/meet-fifth-grader-turning-water-bottles-light-bulbs-brighten-communities/EducationarticleMeet the fifth grader turning water bottles into light bulbs to brighten communitiesBelieving that every community deserves access to commodities as basic as lighting, 12-year-old Bryan decided to turn his annual school science project into a mission to defeat darkness.https://www.blog.google/topics/educationhttps://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/Screen%2520Shot%25202017-08-15%2520at%25203.53.39%2520.2e16d0ba.fill-540x540.pngGooglehttps://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/education/meet-fifth-grader-turning-water-bottles-light-bulbs-brighten-communities/Ariel KorenGoogle for Educationhttps://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/education/meet-fifth-grader-turning-water-bottles-light-bulbs-brighten-communities/Meet a teacher helping indigenous women in Mexico get onlinehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/PdzLF/~3/q4QAMIZuAS0/<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p><i>Schools in Latin America and around the world are searching for ways to take student impact beyond the classroom. In Mexico, we wanted to explore how teachers and students are using technology to empower a rising generation of innovative changemakers—and this week, we’re sharing some of the stories we found. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?src=typd&amp;q=%23innovarparami">Tune into the hashtag #innovarparami</a> to see how education leaders in Latin America are thinking about innovation.</i></p><p>Miroslava Silva is a teacher, social scientist and activist who has dedicated much of her career to studying the digital literacy gap and its ramifications. Across cultures, women often lack access to technology and digital education—and in Miroslava’s native Mexico, communities of indigenous women are the most affected by the digital literacy gap. Determined to change this, she <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bwotr6gafTrpUC12T0I1VFE4NFE/view">founded a technology class</a> specifically for Otomí women at the University of Querétaro. <br/></p></div></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>For Miroslava and her student Angélica, innovation means breaking down barriers and forging the path for others to do the same. We’d love to hear what innovation means to you—tell us with the hashtag #innovarparami. </p></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/PdzLF/~4/q4QAMIZuAS0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Tue, 15 Aug 2017 14:00:00 +0000https://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/education/meet-teacher-helping-indigenous-women-mexico-get-online/EducationarticleMeet a teacher helping indigenous women in Mexico get onlineMiroslava Silva founded a technology class specifically for Otomí women at the University of Querétaro in Mexico.https://www.blog.google/topics/educationhttps://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/8I4A4175-ok.2e16d0ba.fill-540x540.jpgGooglehttps://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/education/meet-teacher-helping-indigenous-women-mexico-get-online/Ariel KorenGoogle for Educationhttps://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/education/meet-teacher-helping-indigenous-women-mexico-get-online/Code Jam 2017 wraps up with the World Finals in Dublinhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/PdzLF/~3/Z3D5YFr0RP0/<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>The results from this year's <a href="http://g.co/codejam">Code Jam</a>, Google's largest and toughest programming competition, are in! The contest wrapped up with a two-day World Finals event from August 10-11. After a record-breaking season with more than 60,000 registrants, finalists representing 16 countries traveled to Dublin, Ireland to compete for cash prizes and the title of 2017 World Champion.</p><p>The event kicked off with Distributed Code Jam, in which contestants are required to program in a distributed environment (much like the day-to-day of a Google software engineer). While our returning 2015 and 2016 champion, <b>bmerry</b> (Bruce Merry), endeavored to hold onto his spot for another year, the other top 20 Distributed finalists, including Code Jam's reigning three-year champion <b>Gennady.Korotkevich</b> (Gennady Korotkevich), battled for a chance at the $10,000 grand prize. The contest was so tough that no contestant submitted more than six out of the eight possible datasets. In a scintillating finale with numerous close scores, <b>ecnerwala</b> (Andrew He) of the United States swooped in to steal first place, becoming our second-ever Distributed Code Jam Champion.</p><p>The action continued the next day with <b>Gennady.Korotkevich</b> and 25 other Code Jammers competing for a $15,000 grand prize and the coveted title of Code Jam Champion. Finalists approached the problem set using techniques such as max flow, dynamic programming, and randomized algorithms; the problems required challenging original insights in addition to algorithmic knowledge, and two of them were so difficult that no contestant solved them completely. After four hours of ferocious coding, during which the leader on the scoreboard changed several times, <b>Gennady.Korotkevich</b> stole the show and took the World Championship for an unprecedented <i>fourth</i> consecutive year in a row! Once the official results were announced, fans of Gennady (or "tourist" as he is known in other programming contests) enthusiastically took to social media to celebrate this record-breaking moment in Code Jam history. You can learn more about this year's problems and analyses, and see other past contests, <a href="https://codejam.withgoogle.com/codejam/past-contests">on our website</a>.</p>In addition to exclusive competition coverage and features with Code Jam Googlers, the live stream showcased the diversity of teams and people at Google working to make great products across the globe. Whether you've been following since the Qualification Round in April, or are a newcomer to the arena, we hope you'll check out the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pq-wdw9TRoI">full recording</a> of the World Finals live stream. We also hope to see you in the 2018 Code Jam and Distributed Code Jam competitions; it's never too early to start practicing for next year!</div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/PdzLF/~4/Z3D5YFr0RP0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Tue, 15 Aug 2017 13:00:00 +0000https://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/education/code-jam-2017-wraps-world-finals-dublin/EducationGoogle in EuropearticleCode Jam 2017 wraps up with the World Finals in DublinCode Jam 2017 wrapped up with an exciting two-day event for the World Finals in Dublin, Ireland. Competitors from across the globe battled their way to victory for Code Jam, and the Distributed track.Googlehttps://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/education/code-jam-2017-wraps-world-finals-dublin/Chelsea LaxProgram ManagerCode JamIan TullisEngineerCode Jamhttps://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/education/code-jam-2017-wraps-world-finals-dublin/Helping 4-H equip students with skills they’ll need for the futurehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/PdzLF/~3/Yiz99EV7Zg0/<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>The world is changing rapidly, creating new opportunities and careers we can’t yet predict. But even with a lot of unknowns, skills like collaboration, problem solving and technical know-how can be the tools students need to adapt and thrive, no matter what the future holds.</p><p>Today, at the Illinois State Fair, where hundreds of 4-H youth are exhibiting projects, we announced our support of 4-H with a $1.5 million Google.org grant to provide students around the country the opportunity to grow future skills through computer science programming like <a href="http://g.co/csfirst">CS First </a>and virtual field trips via <a href="https://edu.google.com/expeditions/">Expeditions</a>. 4-H is the United States’ largest youth development organization, with more than 6 million students participating. By supporting this work, we’re excited to see how more kids across the country use technology to achieve their goals and improve their communities.</p></div></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>While there are thousands of 4-H’ers at any state fair this summer, you can find hundreds of 4-H alums within Google—and I had the opportunity to chat with one. Julie Eddleman grew up in Indianapolis, spent 10 years in 4-H, and is now a Senior Director at Google working with some of our largest corporate partners. I talked with Julie about her experience in 4-H and how the skills she learned there continue to help her at Google. </p><h3>Jacquelline Fuller: How were you personally involved in 4-H and what did that look like?</h3></div></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>Julie Eddleman: I started going to 4-H meetings as early as two years old, tagging along with my older sisters. Through 10 years of hands-on projects, we learned anything you can imagine, from rocketry to water conservation. I was a very curious child and couldn’t choose just one subject! When I think back to why I stayed in 4-H so long, I think it was because of the variety of the education styles—there was reading, workshops, hands-on projects, team events and, of course, the competitions filled with ribbons and trophies.</p><h3>JF: Can you tell us what skills you developed during your time in 4-H and how they’re still helping you in this chapter of your life?</h3><p>JE: Where do I even start? I think I’d have to point to the skills I didn’t even realize I was learning like leadership, public speaking and problem-solving. When I’m talking to students visiting Google’s campus, my team at work, or even just my kids at home, I always talk about about developing these skills, and remember 4-H as being the first place I practiced them. 4-H even taught me how to write a check, pay our 4-H Club’s bills and balance a checkbook at the age of 11!</p><h3>JF: Let’s talk more about the technical skills you learned; you mentioned rocketry and computer classes. Why do you think these are important skills for students? </h3><p>JE: Coding and basic technology skills are a must for the next generation. I have five children, ages 11-31, and they all use technology every day—from video games to social media to coding puzzles. The combination of understanding tech, and working with diverse people has helped me find different ways to approach or solve a problem. These skills are critically important in any career, from agriculture to computer programming to fashion design.</p><h2>Looking ahead</h2><p>It’s hard to imagine that there are 6 million students around the U.S. with stories similar to Julie. And regardless of where they come from, <a href="http://goo.gl/hYxqCr">97 percent</a> (across urban, suburban, rural, small city communities) think computer science can be used in many kinds of jobs—from agricultural science to fashion to engineers. We’re excited to support 4-H to help make sure that students across the country have more opportunities to build their technical skills, confidence and leadership.</p></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/PdzLF/~4/Yiz99EV7Zg0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Fri, 11 Aug 2017 16:45:00 +0000https://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/education/helping-4-h-equip-students-skills-theyll-need-future/EducationGoogle.orgarticleHelping 4-H equip students with skills they’ll need for the futureWe’re supporting 4-H to lay the groundwork for more than 6 million students across the country to learn skills they’ll need to be prepared for their future.https://www.blog.google/topics/educationhttps://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/Google-ISF-2017-0104.2e16d0ba.fill-540x540.jpgGooglehttps://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/education/helping-4-h-equip-students-skills-theyll-need-future/Jacquelline FullerVP Google & President, Google.orghttps://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/education/helping-4-h-equip-students-skills-theyll-need-future/“A whole new world” of ideas at the Technovation Challengehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/PdzLF/~3/kqhLAfX1oew/<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>“Programming opens new horizons. It gives me full space to [create things] I couldn’t even imagine.” These are the words of Diana Zhanakbayeva, a young woman from Kazakhstan who, along with three classmates, just took home the top prize at an international coding challenge.</p><p>Great ideas can come from anywhere and from anyone. That’s what’s behind the 2017 <a href="http://technovationchallenge.org/">Technovation Challenge</a>, run by nonprofit Iridescent, <a href="https://www.blog.google/topics/causes-community/change-is-made-with-code/">announced</a> last fall in partnership with Google’s Made with Code and UN Women to offer young women from around the world the chance to code an app that solves a real-world challenge. More than 11,000 girls from 103 countries formed teams to address issues in those categories: peace, poverty, environment, equality, education, and health. This week, the <a href="http://technovationchallenge.org/season-results/">finalists</a> traveled to Google’s headquarters in Mountain View to pitch their ideas to a <a href="http://technovationchallenge.org/world-pitch/">panel</a> of tech leaders and other experts. And tonight, in front of 900+ supporters, educators, mentors and past participants, the four girls behind a safety app called QamCare were crowned the winner of the Senior Division.</p></div></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>To girls around the world who participated in the Challenge, or who are considering a career in computer science, or any field: we believe you should be encouraged and empowered to become the coders, entrepreneurs and inventors that shape the world around you. We will never stop working to create an industry and environment in which women feel welcome and can thrive.<br/></p><p>Meet the girls behind QamCare, and the other finalist teams:</p></div></div>
<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><h2>QamCare (Peace)</h2><p><i>Aruzhan Koshkarova, Azhar Sultansikh, Dianna Zhanakbayeva, Diyara Beisenbekova</i></p><p>“QamCare” comes from the Kazakh word-Qamqor, which stands for care and support. The team behind this winning app describes it as a “potential life-saving tool,” which can be used in case of emergency to provide your location information to your contacts. With the press of a button, you can alert trusted friends and family via SMS. Azhar Sultansikh says the app is designed to give people “peace of mind.”<i><br/></i></p></div></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>QamCare’s creators describe a number of other hobbies and interests beyond CS: Diana Zhanakbayeva has dabbled in fashion and creating YouTube videos; Aruzhan Koshkarova says she used the cognitive skills learned from playing chess to work in programming; Azhar’s first loyalty is to art; and Diyara Beisenbekova is interested in medicine and chemistry. But all share a motivation to keep learning—and making a difference. Aruzhan says that the team was inspired to participate in the Challenge to “make change in [her] community” and for “women’s empowerment”—hoping to blaze the trail for more young Kazakh women to participate in science and tech.<br/></p><h2>One Step Ahead (Education)</h2><p><i>Aghavni Hakobyan, Sona Avetisyan, Svetlana Davtyan, Violeta Mkrtchyan, Vardanush Nazaretyan</i></p><p>When a deaf classmate visited their school, this team of five girls from Karbi, Armenia, came up with the idea for an app to help people learn Armenian Sign Language using videos of sign gestures. The One Step Ahead team demonstrates how experiences like Technovation can inspire young people to pursue a wide variety of career paths. While Aghavni Hakobyan, 17, says that the program inspired her to want to become a programmer, her teammate Sona Avetisyan, 16, wants to become a doctor to “help with hearing loss problems and help people communicate.”</p><h2>PregCare (Health)</h2><p><i>Aamanat Kang, Anoushka Bhalla, Mehak Joshi, Priyaja Bakshi, Vanshika Baijal</i></p><p>The PregCare team, in India, created an app that provides pregnant women, especially those in rural areas, with healthcare information, even offering alerts for appointments; it also connects women with donors and other organizations. Aamanat Kang says of the challenge, “The interesting part of technology is its ability to change and evolve in the blink of an eye. What keeps me hooked on to computers is that we do not know what to expect in the world of technology tomorrow or 10 years from now.“</p></div></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><h3></h3><h2>Go WaCo (Environment)</h2><p><i>Aida Khamiyeva Ardakkyzy, Arlana Yessenbayeva, Askar Zhibek Askarkyzy, Diana Zhanakbayeva</i></p><p>In Almaty, Kazakhstan, a city of more than 1.5 million people, only 2 percent of waste is recycled, with the remaining 98 percent going to landfills. The four girls behind Go WaCo (short for “Go, Waste Conscious”) wanted to come up with a way to encourage people to recycle, so they created an app that challenges students from different schools to participate in recycling competitions and compete for rewards. Arlana Yessenbayeva, 16, says of the project: “Go WaCo is my first big step in changing this world for the better. In the future I want to connect people, inspire them to invent, share, and solve the world's problems.”</p><h2>iCut (Equality)</h2><p><i>Ivy Akinyi, Macrine Akinyi, Purity Achieng, Stacy Dina Owino, Cynthia Awuor</i></p><p>Female genital mutilation (FGM) has been banned in Kenya since 2011, but in many areas of the country it continues to be practiced. The iCut app is designed to provide a platform for people to report cases of FGM, as well as for victims to seek help. Several of the girls behind iCut described how coding helped them discover new kinds of potential: Stacy Dina, 17, says “When my mentor ... introduced programming to us, I was elated. [I] felt empowered.“ Synthia Awuor, 17, adds: “Joining [Technovation] opened my eyes to a whole new world.” </p><h2>Wishcraft (Poverty)</h2><p><i>Jigisha Kamal, Krithika Sunil, Rida Shafeek</i></p><p>Our second team from India designed an Android app that lets donors fulfill “wishes” for underserved children. Nonprofits or charitable trusts who work on children’s issues can upload three wishes for each child, which donors can select from to provide the amount quoted for each gift. The idea is to “bring a little joy into [children’s] everyday lives through donations in the form of gifts,” as Jigisha Kamal puts it. Rida Shafeek, 17, says of their app, “It was a chance to make a change… to provide opportunities to underprivileged kids to embrace every bit of their childhood and to provide a door to a better future.”</p><p>The projects we saw this week demonstrate that code is a potent tool to create change—and show that there is a generation of young people eager to wield it. We’re inspired by the energy and enthusiasm we saw at the Technovation Challenge—and excited to continue to help more future leaders make a difference through technology.</p></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/PdzLF/~4/kqhLAfX1oew" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Fri, 11 Aug 2017 05:00:00 +0000https://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/causes-community/whole-new-world-ideas-technovation-challenge/Causes & CommunityDiversityEducationarticle“A whole new world” of ideas at the Technovation ChallengeMore than 11,000 girls entered the 2017 Technovation Challenge, which asks young women to code an app that solves a real-world challenge.https://www.blog.google/topics/educationhttps://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/20170810_GGL076_1000.2e16d0ba.fill-540x540.jpgGooglehttps://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/causes-community/whole-new-world-ideas-technovation-challenge/Maggie JohnsonVice PresidentEducation and University Programshttps://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/causes-community/whole-new-world-ideas-technovation-challenge/Welcome to your first day of Classroomhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/PdzLF/~3/OcQCqhVlZMw/<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>We launched <a href="https://edu.google.com/products/productivity-tools/classroom/">Google Classroom</a> in 2014 to help teachers save time, organize classes, and improve communication with students. Since then, educators around the globe have helped teach their peers how to use Classroom. There’s been such an outpouring of instructional videos, blogs and resources, we’ve curated some of our favorites into a new collection called <a href="http://goo.gl/LY1bpJ">#FirstDayofClassroom</a>. <br/></p></div></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>#FirstDayofClassroom is designed around a simple premise: When teachers need help, they don’t need to look any further than their fellow teachers.<br/></p><p>On the <a href="http://goo.gl/LY1bpJ">hub</a>, you’ll find short tutorials explaining how to get started with Classroom, teacher-created videos on best practices, as well as teacher-tested tips. Want a hard copy? Printable resources, including a <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B__OTXR_u3RbbzNlVDhhc1cydGc/view">Getting Started guide</a> and <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B__OTXR_u3RbODRTSzdqcHNVM2M/view">Group Study guide</a>, are available on the hub for teachers to use right at their desks. It’s like being in your school’s teachers’ lounge or at a collaborative professional development event—except it’s all online.<br/></p><h3>Teachers have questions. Teachers have answers.<br/></h3><p>For every teacher ready to use Classroom, there’s a teacher ready to help. Here are just a few examples of the <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B__OTXR_u3RbcE5TTk0wSHNVUFE/view">tips</a> from teachers on the resource hub:<br/></p><p></p><ul><li>Lindy Hockenbary, Digital Learning Coach, stays organized by adding class resources to the materials section of the “About” tab.<br/></li><li>Katie Nieves, Special Education ELA Teacher, personalizes learning by providing different projects and resources when posting an assignment.<br/></li><li>Jessica Levine, Instructional Technologist, builds relationships between home and school by connecting parents and guardians to their student’s class through guardian email summaries.<br/></li></ul></div></div>
<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>We’re also organizing five interactive YouTube live sessions hosted by educators who will help you get started with Classroom. <a href="https://www.google.com/calendar/b/0/render?action=TEMPLATE&amp;hl=en&amp;text=Get%20started%20with%20your%20first%20day%20of%20Classroom&amp;dates=20170815T120000%2F20170815T124500&amp;location=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Djg3fBYkb_PQ&amp;details=Join%20this%20training%20session%20to%20get%20started%20with%20your%20first%20day%20of%20Classroom%2C%20hosted%20by%20Kathryn%20Nieves.%20%0A%0ACan%27t%20make%20this%20time%3F%20We%27ll%20be%20hosting%20four%20other%20training%20sessions%20on%20August%2022nd%2C%20August%2029th%2C%20September%205th%20and%20September%2012th.%20Check%20out%20the%20Google%20for%20Education%20events%20calendar%20for%20the%20details%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fedu.google.com%2Fresources%2Fnews-and-events%2Fevents%2F&amp;_ga=2.129196686.362768191.1502222253-3916630.1502139048">Add a session to your calendar</a> today to join in on the training.<br/></p><h3>Join the #FirstDayofClassroom community<br/></h3><p>#FirstDayofClassroom is about expanding the community of teachers dedicated to improving the day-to-day efficiency of teaching. Whether you’re a Classroom pro or have a tried-and-true trick, help your fellow teachers by sharing your favorite tips, resources and tutorials on social media using the hashtag #FirstDayofClassroom. Then, stay tuned on <a href="https://twitter.com/GoogleForEdu">Twitter</a> where we’ll share our favorites throughout the back to school season.<br/></p><p>Ready to get started? <a href="http://goo.gl/LY1bpJ">Visit the hub today</a> and get all the information you need to set up your first class in no time. <br/></p></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/PdzLF/~4/OcQCqhVlZMw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Wed, 09 Aug 2017 19:15:00 +0000https://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/education/welcome-your-first-day-classroom/EducationClassroomarticleWelcome to your first day of ClassroomThis back to school season, we’re rolling out a new resource hub to help teachers get started on their first day of Google Classroom.https://www.blog.google/topics/educationhttps://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/WelcomeClassroom-hero.2e16d0ba.fill-540x540.pngGooglehttps://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/education/welcome-your-first-day-classroom/Lindsay RumerGoogle Classroomhttps://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/education/welcome-your-first-day-classroom/10 ways we’re making Classroom and Forms easier for teachers this school yearhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/PdzLF/~3/oSPdVt4NyMw/<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>We’ve seen educators do incredible things with <a href="https://edu.google.com/products/productivity-tools/">G Suite for Education</a> tools: creatively teach classroom material, collaborate with students, and design innovative assignments to achieve meaningful outcomes. <a href="https://classroom.google.com/">Classroom</a> is a useful tool for teachers, and since it launched three years ago, students have submitted more than 1 billion assignments.<br/></p><p>This year, we’re sending teachers back to school with updates designed to help them do what they do best—teach. Today, we’re announcing 10 updates to Google Classroom and Google Forms to help teachers save time and stay organized.<br/></p></div></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p></p><ol><li><b>Single view of student work:</b> To help teachers track individual student progress, we’ve created a <a href="https://support.google.com/edu/classroom/answer/7451599">dedicated page</a> for each student in Classroom that shows all of their work in a class. With this new view, teachers and students can see the status of every assignment, and can use filters to see assigned work, missing work, or returned and graded work. Teachers and students can use this information to make personalized learning decisions that help students set goals and build skills that will serve them in the future. <br/><br/></li><li><b>Reorder classes:</b> Teachers can now <a href="https://support.google.com/edu/classroom/answer/7450896">order their classes</a> to organize them based on daily schedule, workload priorities or however will help them keep organized throughout the school year. And students can use this feature too. "For teachers and students, organization is important, and being able to reorder class cards allows us to keep our classes organized in a simple and personalized way," notes Ross Berman, a 7th and 8th grade math teacher. "Students can move classes around so that the first thing they see is the class they know they have work for coming up."<br/><br/></li><li><b>Decimal grading:</b><b> </b>As teachers know, grading is often more complicated than a simple point value. To be as accurate with feedback as possible, educators can now use decimal points when grading assignments in Google Classroom.<br/><br/></li><li><b>Transfer class ownership: </b>Things can change a lot over the summer, including who’s teaching which class. Now, admins and teachers can <a href="https://support.google.com/edu/classroom/answer/7449476">transfer ownership</a> of Google Classroom classes to other teachers, without the need to recreate the class. The new class owner can get up to speed quickly with a complete view of past student work and resources in Drive. <br/><br/></li><li><b>Add profile picture on mobile:</b> Today’s users log a lot of hours on their phones. Soon, teachers and students will be able to make changes to their Classroom mobile profiles directly from their mobile devices too, including changing their profile picture from the Google Classroom mobile app. Ready the selfies!<br/><br/></li><li><b>Provision classes with School Directory Sync:</b> <a href="https://support.google.com/a/answer/6070127">Google School Directory Sync</a> now supports syncing Google Classroom classes from your student or management information system using <a href="https://www.imsglobal.org/lis/imsOneRosterv1p0/imsOneRosterCSV-v1p0.html#_Toc421598317">IMS OneRoster CSV</a> files. Admins can save teachers and students time by handling class setup before the opening bell. <br/><br/></li><li><b>New Classroom integrations:</b><b> </b>Apps that integrate with Classroom offer educators a seamless experience, and allow them to easily share information between Classroom and other tools they love. Please welcome the newest A+ apps to the <a href="https://edu.google.com/products/productivity-tools/classroom/apps/">#withClassroom</a> family: <a href="https://quizizz.com/">Quizizz</a>, <a href="https://www.edcite.com/">Edcite</a>, <a href="https://www.kamihq.com/">Kami</a> and coming soon, <a href="https://code.org/">Code.org</a>.<br/><br/></li><li><b>Display class code:</b> Joining Google Classroom classes is easier than ever thanks to this new update. Teachers can now display their class code in full screen so students can quickly join new classes.<br/><br/></li><li><b>Sneak Peek! Import Google Forms Quiz scores into Classroom:</b> Using <a href="https://support.google.com/docs/answer/7032287?hl=en">Quizzes in Google Forms</a> allows educators to take real-time assessments of students’ understanding of a topic. Soon, teachers will be able to import grades from Quizzes directly into Google Classroom. <br/><br/></li><li><b>Add feedback in question-by-question grading in Quizzes:</b> More than test grades, meaningful feedback can improve learning. At ISTE this year, we <a href="https://support.google.com/docs/answer/7032287#question_by_question">launched</a> question-by-question grading in Quizzes in Google Forms to help teachers save time by batch grading assessments. We’re taking it one step further and now, teachers will have the option to <a href="https://support.google.com/docs/answer/7032287#question_by_question">add feedback</a> as well. </li></ol><p></p></div></div>
<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>As educators head back to school, we want our newest Classroom teachers to get the most out of their experience. In the coming weeks, we’ll be launching a new resource hub to help teachers get set up on their first day of Classroom. If you’re already a Classroom pro, help your fellow teachers by sharing your favorite Classroom tips, tricks, resources and tutorials on social media using the hashtag #FirstDayofClassroom. Stay tuned on <a href="https://twitter.com/GoogleForEdu">Twitter</a> this Back to School season for more. <br/></p><p>From all of us here at Google, we wish you a successful start to the school year! We hope these Google Classroom and Forms updates help you save time, stay organized and most importantly, teach effectively during back to school and beyond. <br/></p></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/PdzLF/~4/oSPdVt4NyMw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Tue, 01 Aug 2017 15:50:00 +0000https://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/education/10-ways-were-making-classroom-and-forms-easier-teachers-school-year/EducationClassroomFormsarticle10 ways we’re making Classroom and Forms easier for teachers this school yearToday we’re excited to announce 10 updates to Google Classroom and Google Forms designed to make teachers’ lives easier this school year.https://www.blog.google/topics/educationhttps://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/BacktoSchool_hero.2e16d0ba.fill-540x540.jpgGooglehttps://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/education/10-ways-were-making-classroom-and-forms-easier-teachers-school-year/Sarah WuSoftware EngineerGoogle Classroomhttps://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/education/10-ways-were-making-classroom-and-forms-easier-teachers-school-year/The Dynamic Learning Project: helping deliver on the promise of tech in the classroomhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/PdzLF/~3/v_q0t4H5-d8/<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>When it comes to schools, bridging the “digital divide” means more than providing access. While that gap isn’t yet closed, there’s another emerging equity imbalance that goes beyond computers or connectivity. This “second-level digital divide” is fueled by <a href="http://www.pewinternet.org/files/2016/09/PI_2016.09.20_Digital-Readiness-Gaps_FINAL.pdf">major differences</a> in how <i>effectively</i> that technology is being used for teaching and learning. And it’s especially pronounced in low-income schools, where teachers face a <a href="http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/06/14/poor-students-face-digital-divide-in-teacher-technology-training.html">significant disadvantage</a> when it comes to training and professional development. Closing this divide means equipping educators with the skills and tools they need to effectively integrate technology in their classrooms. That’s why we’re launching the <a href="http://g.co/dynamiclearningproject">Dynamic Learning Project</a>, a new pilot that’s part of our ongoing commitment to ensure that the benefits of technology are truly reaching every classroom. </p><p><a href="http://digitalpromise.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Dynamic-Learning-Project-Paper-Final.pdf">Research</a> suggests that coaching has a positive impact on teacher practices and student outcomes. So to start, we’re providing a $6.5 million grant to <a href="http://digitalpromise.org/">Digital Promise</a> through Google.org in order to launch a pilot that will support full-time coaches at 50 underserved middle schools in five diverse regions across the U.S. These coaches will provide personalized support to help educators learn about technology and use it in their classroom in transformative ways. To set schools up for success, each will receive mentoring support and ongoing professional development from experts at <a href="https://www.edtechteam.com/">EdTechTeam</a>. They’ll also participate in a community of practice with other participating schools, allowing them to share their learnings and expand their professional networks.</p><p></p></div></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>Digital Promise selected this first cohort of 50 U.S. middle schools based on need (determined by percentage of students eligible for free and reduced lunch), existing infrastructure (without requiring any specific type or brand of technology), and innovative leadership committed to helping their teachers succeed. They’ll work with these schools throughout the year, helping the coaches and principals to better harness technology in the classroom.</p><p>For years, we’ve worked hard to help more classrooms access technology, and we’re proud that our products are helping millions of teachers and students do incredible things. But we’ve also seen that access to technology on its own is not enough. Making our products free or affordable doesn’t make usage truly equitable, and quality training is critical to ensure that technology is used in effective and meaningful ways. Through coaching, training and support, we’re aiming to empower teachers to further improve student learning outcomes through technology.<br/></p><p>While technology alone will not fix or improve education, in the hands of educators who know how to use it, it can be a powerful part of the solution. This pilot is only the very beginning of our work ahead, and we’re eager to see what we will learn and understand how we can help reach even more classrooms in the future.<br/></p></div></div>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/PdzLF/~4/v_q0t4H5-d8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Thu, 27 Jul 2017 14:00:00 +0000https://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/education/dynamic-learning-project-helping-deliver-promise-tech-classroom/EducationGoogle.orgCauses & CommunityarticleThe Dynamic Learning Project: helping deliver on the promise of tech in the classroomhttps://www.blog.google/topics/educationhttps://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/ForwardLearningProject.2e16d0ba.fill-540x540.pngGooglehttps://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/education/dynamic-learning-project-helping-deliver-promise-tech-classroom/Liz AndersonHead of Social Impact ProgramsGoogle for Educationhttps://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/education/dynamic-learning-project-helping-deliver-promise-tech-classroom/Adventures abound: Explore Google Expeditions on your ownhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/PdzLF/~3/Z35InGoha24/<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>Google Expeditions makes it possible for teachers to take their classrooms on virtual reality field trips to amazing places like the Taj Mahal or Machu Picchu. Today, we’re starting to roll out a new solo mode of Expeditions for Android, so that anybody can explore more than 600 different tours on their own. Just download the <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.vr.expeditions">Expeditions app</a> (coming soon for iOS), drop your phone into Cardboard and get ready for an adventure. </p></div></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>For the past two years, Expeditions has been a tool to extend learning inside the classroom, helping students to see and experience the world in new ways, visit college campuses, gain exposure to new career paths and role models, and learn about various social impact initiatives happening around the globe. During this time, we've heard from students, teachers, and even our friends, that they'd love to explore and learn from Expeditions outside the classroom .</p></div></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>To get started with Self-Guided Expeditions, check out the Seven Modern Wonders of the World, or dive into the beautiful and fragile Great Barrier Reef. Or, if you love baseball, check out one of the game’s great cathedrals with a tour of Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Wherever you choose to go, there’ll be something amazing to see.</p></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/PdzLF/~4/Z35InGoha24" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Wed, 19 Jul 2017 16:00:00 +0000https://www.blog.google/topics/education/products/google-vr/adventures-abound-explore-google-expeditions-your-own/Google AR and VREducationarticleAdventures abound: Explore Google Expeditions on your ownSelf-Guided Expeditions let anyone explore and learn in virtual reality with over 600 tours.https://www.blog.google/topics/educationhttps://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/05_heron%2520island.2e16d0ba.fill-540x540.pngGooglehttps://www.blog.google/topics/education/products/google-vr/adventures-abound-explore-google-expeditions-your-own/Jiabei LeiSoftware Engineerhttps://www.blog.google/topics/education/products/google-vr/adventures-abound-explore-google-expeditions-your-own/Google Earth, class is now in sessionhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/PdzLF/~3/YlhCKV37ax8/<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>So much of what students learn in the classroom—from social studies to history, science and literature—relates to a geographic place on Earth. Recently, we announced a new version of <a href="http://earth.google.com">Google Earth</a>, and since then, educators have been telling us what a valuable tool Google Earth is for their students. They use the <a href="https://www.blog.google/products/earth/welcome-home-new-google-earth/">“I’m feeling lucky” feature</a> to inspire writing exercises, do research exercises with <a href="https://support.google.com/earth/answer/7365544?hl=en&amp;ref_topic=7364681">Knowledge Cards</a>, and explore satellite imagery and cloud strata with their students. Now, to make it even easier for teachers to use Google Earth in the classroom, we’ve created a new <a href="https://earth.google.com/web/@0.00000656,-1.56516995,-14201.35702368a,22888910.44386148d,35y,0h,0t,0r/data=CgQSAggB">“Education”</a> category in the Voyager section, which includes new stories—complete with <a href="https://www.google.com/earth/education/resources/">classroom activities</a>—from <a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/education">National Geographic Society</a>, <a href="http://www.pbs.org/education/">PBS Education</a>, <a href="https://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive">HHMI Biointeractive</a> and <a href="https://www.mission-blue.org/">Mission Blue</a>. <br/></p></div></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>With PBS Education, classrooms can go back in time and track the paths of famous explorers, from <a href="https://earth.google.com/web/@43.61414605,-107.10269614,2402.09485009a,3203596.78d,35y,0h,45.009t,0r/data=CkASPhIgMGZlYjg5N2RiMTEwMTFlNjlmZWYzOTljMWQzYTJlZWYaGkV4cGxvcmVyczogTGV3aXMgYW5kIENsYXJr">Lewis and Clark</a> to the <a href="https://earth.google.com/web/@53.16134049,-21.01283282,80.31210771a,10211801.98611975d,35y,-0.16660869h,14.31336995t,0r/data=CjgSNhIgNjdmZDNmYTMyNWU5MTFlNzllZDYwZjM5NDFkNDI0YzMaEkV4cGxvcmVyczogVmlraW5ncw">Vikings</a>. As students follow along, they, in turn, become modern-day explorers.<br/></p></div></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>Educators everywhere can find classroom activities (created by teachers, for teachers) at our new <a href="https://www.google.com/earth/education/">Google Earth Education website</a>, and easily share locations and stories directly to <a href="https://support.google.com/edu/classroom/answer/6241193?hl=en">Google Classroom</a>. In addition, this week Google Earth will become an <a href="https://support.google.com/a/answer/181865">Additional Service</a> for <a href="https://edu.google.com/">Google for Education</a> users, which can be managed by IT administrators through the Google Admin console.<br/></p><p>Google Earth was built to inspire curious minds to explore, learn and care about our vast, fragile planet. With these updates, we’re excited to make it easier for the next generation to see the world from a new perspective.<br/></p></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/PdzLF/~4/YlhCKV37ax8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Thu, 29 Jun 2017 15:00:00 +0000https://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/education/google-earth-class-now-session/EducationGoogle EarthMapsarticleGoogle Earth, class is now in sessionWe’re introducing 10 new stories in Google Earth for students. And Earth is now an Additional Service for Google for Education users.https://www.blog.google/topics/educationhttps://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/EarthforEDU.2e16d0ba.fill-540x540.pngGooglehttps://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/education/google-earth-class-now-session/Emily HendersonProgram ManagerGeo Education Outreachhttps://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/education/google-earth-class-now-session/The value of Google for Education in action: New Impact Portraits from US schoolshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/PdzLF/~3/xMv9XLZkdyk/<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p><i><b>Editor’s Note:</b> Earlier this week at ISTE, we <a href="https://blog.google/topics/education/updates-iste-new-tools-empower-our-future-explorers-and-digital-citizens/">announced</a> new tools to support our future explorers and digital citizens, and we released seven new <a href="http://g.co/EduImpact">Impact Portraits</a> profiling the impact of Google for Education and <a href="http://g.co/ChromebookEdu">Chromebooks</a> in districts across the US. Today we’ll dive deeper into the findings from these schools. For more information from <a href="https://conference.iste.org/2017/">ISTE</a>, follow our updates on <a href="https://twitter.com/googleforedu">Twitter</a>, and if you’re in San Antonio, visit us at booth #1718 to learn more and demo these new tools for yourself.</i></p></div></div>
<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>In 2016, we worked with <a href="https://blog.google/topics/education/impact-portraits-success-stories-google-education/">Evergreen Education Group</a> answer a big and pressing question: Can we measure the impact of Chromebooks and G Suite for Education in schools? Evergreen’s discussions over 16 months with more than 100 school leaders from 6 countries was captured in a series of <a href="https://www.google.com/edu/index.html?utm_source=keyword&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=2016-gc-edu-runrate-orgsocial-other-impactportraits#impact">Impact Portraits</a>—data-rich case studies with real school results. Their research uncovered four key factors that help schools and students flourish when adopting technology for the classroom: planning, professional learning, patience and support.</p><p>Today we take a closer look at the findings in seven new Impact Portraits from school districts across the U.S. These districts range in size and demographics from Florida’s Brevard County, with a student population of 73,000 and 9,000 educators, to New York State’s Amherst Central, which has 4 K-12 schools, 2,944 students, and 263 educators.<br/></p><p>The one thing these schools have in common: They're using Chromebooks and G Suite to drive measurable improvements in everything from reading skills to AP diploma graduation rates. Below are some key results from each school district.<br/></p></div></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><ul><li>The <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B__OTXR_u3RbMVdaMlVlT2JrUzQ/view">Metropolitan School District of Wayne Township, Indiana</a>, deployed Chromebooks and G Suite for Education in fall 2014. Since then, Wayne Township’s scores on IREAD-3, Indiana’s measure of third-grade reading skills, have risen by 10% to 86%. High school graduation rates also rose 21.1%, from 67% to an average of 88.1%.<br/></li></ul></div></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>To read more stories like these, visit our Impact Portraits page at <a href="http://g.co/EduImpact">g.co/EduImpact</a> and stay tuned here for our next post on Impact Portraits from Europe. For ideas on how to bring technology into your school district, visit Google for Education’s <a href="https://edutransformationcenter.withgoogle.com/?utm_source=keyword&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=2016-gc-edu-runrate-orgsocial-other-impactportraits">Transformation Center</a>. And follow <a href="https://twitter.com/GoogleForEdu">@GoogleForEdu</a> on Twitter to see all that's launching at ISTE.</p></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/PdzLF/~4/xMv9XLZkdyk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Wed, 28 Jun 2017 13:00:00 +0000https://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/education/value-google-education-action-new-impact-portraits-us-schools/EducationChromebooksG SuitearticleThe value of Google for Education in action: New Impact Portraits from US schoolsA new series of Impact Portraits reveals how US schools using Chromebooks and G Suite are enriching education and driving real-world results in everything from reading skills to AP graduation rates.https://www.blog.google/topics/educationhttps://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/Impact%2520Portraits%2520-%2520hero.2e16d0ba.fill-540x540.jpgGooglehttps://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/education/value-google-education-action-new-impact-portraits-us-schools/Jenny TolanGoogle for Educationhttps://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/education/value-google-education-action-new-impact-portraits-us-schools/Developing critical reading skills with media literacy apps on Chromebookshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/PdzLF/~3/oKx0Utfe4jo/<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p><i><b>Editor's note:</b> Over the last year, we’ve introduced new ways for students to develop important future skills with <a href="http://g.co/ChromebookEdu">Chromebook</a> tools, including <a href="https://blog.google/topics/education/active-listening-apps-chromebooks-foster-future-skills/">active listening</a> and <a href="https://blog.google/topics/education/creative-tools-on-chromebooks-foster/">creativity</a>. Yesterday at ISTE we <a href="https://blog.google/topics/education/updates-iste-new-tools-empower-our-future-explorers-and-digital-citizens/">announced</a> our latest bundles in this series, curated in collaboration with educators. In this post, we dive into the <a href="http://g.co/EduChromebookApps">Media Literacy apps on Chromebooks</a> bundle, designed to help students evaluate and think critically about the information they see online. Follow our updates on <a href="https://twitter.com/googleforedu">Twitter</a>, and if you’re at <a href="https://conference.iste.org/2017/">ISTE</a> in San Antonio, visit us at booth #1718 to learn more and demo these tools for yourself.</i></p></div></div>
<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>Bringing current events into the classroom is a great way to engage students in what’s happening around the world. With countless online news sources to choose from, it’s more important than ever for students to develop media literacy skills that help them understand the difference between reliable information sources and “fake news.” And media literacy skills aren’t just helpful in the classroom—they’re essential <a href="https://edu.google.com/resources/global-education/economist-intelligence-report/">future skills</a> that help students thrive beyond the classroom and into their adult careers.</p><p>Earlier this month we announced <a href="https://beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com?utm_source=keyword&amp;utm_medium=blog-pr&amp;utm_campaign=bia-blog">Be Internet Awesome</a>, a program to help kids learn how to become smart, confident explorers of the online world. One module teaches how to be Internet Alert, including how to avoid “falling for fake.” Now, to help school districts provide more media literacy opportunities to students, we’re offering a bundle of <a href="http://g.co/EduChromebookApps">Media Literacy apps on Chromebooks</a>, designed to help students evaluate and think critically about the information they see online. These apps are available at a special discounted price and may be purchased alongside Chromebooks or independently from U.S. Chromebooks resellers.<br/></p></div></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>Here’s a deeper look at the apps in the Media Literacy bundle.</p><p><a href="https://www.scrible.com">Scrible</a> is a research platform enabling students to curate, annotate and collaborate on authentic online sources such as news articles and blog posts. They can highlight important passages, comment on key points and reply to one another in real time—fostering collaborative discourse, critical commentary, and mindfulness about the quality of their sources. They can later bring their researched content into the writing process using automatic citation capture, bibliographies and Google Docs and Drive integrations.<br/></p><p>“Scrible helps students think about information critically through organizing their thoughts on the page,” says Matt Menschner, social studies teacher at Kensington High School for the Creative and Performing Arts (<a href="http://kensingtoncapa.wixsite.com/kcapa">KCAPA</a>) in Philadelphia, PA. “It's helped foster creative and critical thinking and positive discussion around the efficacy of the information that we’re going through on a daily basis.”<br/></p><p>Menschner says that during the recent school year, Scrible “acted like an icebreaker and fostered a lot more creative discussion and face-to-face conversations” between his students. He doesn’t expect the benefits to fade after graduation, either—students from previous years “come back to visit and they tell me they still use Scrible now in their college classes.”<br/></p></div></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p><a href="https://www.esparklearning.com/frontiertrial">Frontier</a>, an app from eSpark Learning, teaches critical thinking about media through reading and writing lessons for students in grades three through eight. Frontier offers a library of online lessons centered on thought-provoking topics that engage all types of readers—from eager to reluctant. “It's a differentiated research, reading and writing product that allows students to have choice,” says Cindy Kopp, a fifth-grade English language arts and social studies teacher at<a href="http://www.mineola.k12.ny.us/schools/mineola_middle"> Mineola Middle School</a> in Mineola, NY. “It enables them to think beyond the text.”</p><p>Kopp says Frontier projects are “inherently something students are excited about. They become so interested in some of the projects that on their own they look to read more about them.” One student, for example, became fascinated with crime-scene forensics, and his research paper was shared with a law enforcement officer in Michigan. The officer then shared a video with the class that helped further their understanding of the forensic process.<br/></p><p>“The kids went wild over it, because now they're realizing that their writing has importance,” Kopp says. “There's relevance, and they're opening a dialogue with others outside of the classroom.”<br/></p><p>Encouraging student choice in research and writing can help students connect more deeply with the core curriculum at hand. Frontier is “building out projects that align to our curriculum, which helps us supplement the social studies portion of the curriculum,” says Kopp. All the while, students learn how to “seek and access information from a variety of sources, related to questions they’re curious about.”<br/></p><p>To learn more about these and other educational tools, please visit <a href="http://g.co/educhromebookapps">g.co/educhromebookapps</a>, check out the websites, or contact your school’s Chromebook reseller. And follow <a href="https://twitter.com/GoogleForEdu">@GoogleForEdu</a> on Twitter to see all that's launching at ISTE.<br/></p></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/PdzLF/~4/oKx0Utfe4jo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Tue, 27 Jun 2017 19:00:00 +0000https://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/education/developing-critical-reading-skills-media-literacy-apps-chromebooks/EducationChromebooksG SuitearticleDeveloping critical reading skills with media literacy apps on ChromebooksA new bundle of media literacy apps on Chromebooks helps students evaluate and think critically about multimedia online.https://www.blog.google/topics/educationhttps://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/MediaLiteracy_ioyouth-EDU_hero.2e16d0ba.fill-540x540.jpgGooglehttps://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/education/developing-critical-reading-skills-media-literacy-apps-chromebooks/Karen GreenleafGoogle for Educationhttps://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/education/developing-critical-reading-skills-media-literacy-apps-chromebooks/How STEM tools on Chromebooks turn students into makers and inventorshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/PdzLF/~3/SfSC3YNIUo4/<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p><i><b>Editor's note: </b>Over the last year, we’ve introduced new ways for students to develop important future skills with <a href="http://g.co/ChromebookEdu">Chromebook</a> tools, including <a href="https://blog.google/topics/education/active-listening-apps-chromebooks-foster-future-skills/">active listening</a> and <a href="https://blog.google/topics/education/creative-tools-on-chromebooks-foster/">creativity</a>. Yesterday at ISTE we <a href="https://blog.google/topics/education/updates-iste-new-tools-empower-our-future-explorers-and-digital-citizens/">announced </a>our latest bundles in this series, curated in collaboration with educators. In this post, we dive into the <a href="http://g.co/EduChromebookApps">STEM tools on Chromebooks</a> bundle, designed to help students become makers and inventors. Follow our updates on <a href="https://twitter.com/googleforedu">Twitter</a>, and if you’re at <a href="https://conference.iste.org/2017/">ISTE</a> in San Antonio, visit us at booth #1718 to learn more and demo these tools for yourself. </i></p></div></div>
<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>Students everywhere are exploring important concepts in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), with a level of sophistication that’s rising every year. They’re also <a href="https://edu.google.com/resources/global-education/economist-intelligence-report/">developing skills</a> like problem solving and collaboration that they’ll need in higher education and, eventually, in their careers, while being exposed to real-world opportunities to be makers.</p><p>“If we want a nation where our future leaders, neighbors and workers have the ability to understand and solve some of the complex challenges of today and tomorrow, building students’ skills, content knowledge and fluency in STEM fields is essential,” the Office of Innovation &amp; Improvement, U.S. Department of Education noted in <a href="https://innovation.ed.gov/what-we-do/stem/">a statement</a> in January, 2017.<br/></p><p>To help school districts provide more STEM opportunities to students, we’re now offering a bundle of <a href="http://g.co/EduChromebookApps">STEM tools on Chromebooks</a>, designed to to help students become inventors and makers. These tools are available at a special discounted price and may be purchased alongside Chromebooks or independently from U.S. Chromebooks resellers.<br/></p></div></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p>Although students often work on individual projects, Miller encourages them to solve problems together as a team. “If they need help, I expect them to look to their neighbor first before coming come to me.” Miller also sees how 3D printing can be a way to engage female students, who are often underrepresented in STEM fields today, as well as students who are less likely to speak up in class. “I had a high school student—a very reserved student—and it helped him feel more ownership in the class. It gave him a greater sense of belonging when he could make something.”</p><p>The <a href="https://shop.littlebits.cc/products/code-kit?utm_source=Google&amp;utm_medium=Partner_blogpost&amp;utm_campaign=launch_codekit&amp;utm_content=20170626_code-kit-google-bundle-announce_awareness_edu">littleBits Code Kit</a> combines block-based visual coding, powered by Google’s <a href="https://developers.google.com/blockly/">Blockly</a>, with programmable physical “bits” that are electronic color-coded building blocks that snap together with magnets. Using the Code Kit, which is designed to be accessible to a wide range of grades, students have fun building and coding games, all while learning the foundations of computer science. The kit also comes with lessons, video tutorials, getting started guides and other resources for educators and students.<br/></p><p>Rob Troke, a computer science teacher at<a href="https://jdms-sfusd-ca.schoolloop.com/"> James Denman Middle School</a> in San Francisco recently took a sixth-grade class to<a href="https://blog.google/topics/families/inspiring-creative-problem-solvers-future/"> I/O Youth</a> at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, CA. There, his students used the littleBits Code Kit to program light and sound patterns on a physical Bit. They quickly learned about programming logic such as loops and variables.<br/></p><p>“I was happy to see how engaged the kids were,” he says. “It maintained their interest the entire hour, whereas with other apps and tools, I’ve seen the novelty wear off after 15 minutes.”<br/></p><p>For some students, having a physical object linked to a coding activity helps bring additional context to computer science. It also brings electrical and mechanical engineering, often overlooked subjects in K-12, into the classroom. “Having things to play with, to figure out what they are, what they do, is extremely helpful… it’s like robotics, but without the robot,” Troke says.<br/></p><p>Dremel’s 3D40 3D printer and littleBits Code Kit, along with free programs created by Google—like <a href="https://www.cs-first.com/en/home">CS First</a> and <a href="https://csfirst.withgoogle.com/en/apps">Applied Digital Skills</a>—help bring STEM concepts to life in creative and tangible ways. To learn more about these and other educational tools, please visit <a href="http://g.co/educhromebookapps">g.co/educhromebookapps</a>, check out the websites, or contact your school’s Chromebook reseller. And follow <a href="https://twitter.com/GoogleForEdu">@GoogleForEdu</a> on Twitter to see all that's launching at ISTE.<br/></p></div></div>
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<div class="block-paragraph"><div class="rich-text"><p><b>Any interesting insights around the product design and development process for Cozmo?</b></p><p>We initially thought Cozmo would be most interesting for kids and young adults, like students, but adults in general also love Cozmo because of its unique entertainment experience. And with our Cozmo SDK, we’ve delivered a new and easy resource for people to tap into robotics and AI. This engagement has been great, and it’s led us to make adjustments along the way. We gave tech enthusiasts, makers, and hackers the Cozmo SDK, but they needed to know a little about Python. With the launch of Code Lab, we hope to empower everyone with tools to learn more robotics, coding, and problem solving.</p><p><b>What was the most surprising that kids coded during user testing?</b></p><p>Kids create a ton of awesome projects after just a little bit of time with Code Lab. One play tester, a 9-year-old girl (the same age I was when I programmed by first robot), wrote a piece of code that programmed her robot to watch her room. She put Cozmo on her desk, and he watched the door. Every time her parents came into her room Cozmo would play a happy animation, but when her little brother walked in, Cozmo would play an angry animation. She had a bit of experience with Scratch, but not with robots. She had an idea, wrote this piece of code, and found a way to make it meaningful for her, in this case to keep her brother out of her room. It’s amazing to see.</p><p><b>What do you hope kids learn from Cozmo Code Lab?</b></p><p>I hope they get excited about writing code and the future of robotics. Kids using Cozmo are usually already excited about Cozmo, but now they can create great content for him. In the long run, they’ll be the next generation of engineers and creators so we hope they truly get excited about the possibilities.</p><p><i>Learn more about Scratch Blocks and what other developers are creating on the Scratch <a href="https://scratch.mit.edu/developers">developer site</a>.</i></p></div></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/PdzLF/~4/9tieGZiDHJw" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Mon, 26 Jun 2017 19:00:00 +0000https://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/education/ankis-new-coding-app-uses-scratch-blocks-help-anyone-program-their-cozmo-robot/EducationarticleAnki's new coding app uses Scratch Blocks to help anyone program their Cozmo robotCode Lab for Cozmo is based on Scratch Blocks, making it the first toy built for kids with the platform.https://www.blog.google/topics/educationhttps://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/Cozmo_Code_Lab_lifestyle_2_qhQlE7W.2e16d0ba.fill-540x540.jpgGooglehttps://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/education/ankis-new-coding-app-uses-scratch-blocks-help-anyone-program-their-cozmo-robot/Pavni DiwanjiVP of Engineeringhttps://www.blog.google/topics/education/topics/education/ankis-new-coding-app-uses-scratch-blocks-help-anyone-program-their-cozmo-robot/